NYC's DOB fined a building for a mural they claim advertises, sparking a legal battle over art and city rules at hip-hop's ...

Hiip-Hop’s origins at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue are the location of a fierce fight in which the NY city claims a mural violates ...

A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop.

Fat Joe and Starz are teaming up once again for a series about the Bronx rapper's life. According to Deadline, The Book of ...

While the Bronx is known as the birthplace of Hip Hop, Elena Martinez also says it’s home to many other genres like traditional West African music and Latin jazz. Martinez is the Co-Artistic Director ...

On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell—better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc—was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his family to the Bronx, New York, where his influence ...

Today we recognize the 68th birthday of one of Hip Hop’s foundational figures, Afrika Bambaataa—a man whose influence helped shape the sound, style, and soul of the genre as we know it.

The fine is for the canvas covering the scaffolding in front of 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in Morris Heights. A sidewalk shed outside an apartment building credited with being the birthplace of hip-hop is ...

The Coalition's diss track "Leaving Labor" misfires, exposing a tone-deaf attempt to use hip-hop for a political campaign in Australia.

A sidewalk shed outside an apartment building credited with being the birthplace of hip-hop is becoming the focus of a legal battle after a hefty fine from the Department of Buildings. The fine ...